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  • Title: HPLC of phospholipids in biological fluids -- application to amniotic fluid for the prediction of fetal lung maturity.
    Author: Paton RD, McGillivray AI, Speir TF, Whittle MJ, Whitfield CR, Logan RW.
    Journal: Clin Chim Acta; 1983 Sep 15; 133(1):97-110. PubMed ID: 6627679.
    Abstract:
    Because of both the advantage of speed compared with thin layer chromatography (TLC) and the dearth of high pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) methods for phospholipid separation, it was decided to investigate the use of HPLC with a differential refractometer as detector for the separation and quantitation of amniotic fluid phospholipids required for the prediction of fetal lung maturity. A method was devised which gave results which compared well with those from TLC both in terms of quantitation and predictive value. Despite this, the method was found to lack sufficient reliability for application to the routine clinical assessment of fetal lung maturity. The method does, however, offer a good alternative to two dimensional TLC with phosphate analysis in research work involving quantitation of phosphatidyl inositol, phosphatidyl glycerol and particularly lecithin.
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